Recent content by rnbwdrgn

Okie dokie, thanks for the advice!

So, so far I've only used malt extracts, in that case is it acceptable to cover the the pot?

Oops. Yep I was covering the pot. the water seems to take forever to boil when not covered. Any suggestions on how to get the water to boil faster when not covered? I really hate to feel like I'm wasting energy. :(

I have noticed that the hops has a tendency to accumulate on the sides of the boil pot. Is it acceptable to scrape down the sides of the pot?

I have noticed that when using the hops pellet that the hops tend to float out and stick to the sides of the pot during boiling. I was questioned whether or not the hops should be scraped back down into the boil. Since I am new to home brewing I wasn't sure what would be acceptable. Any advice?

Thanks for the quick replies. One other thing I wanted to mention is that up until Tuesday or Wednesday of the past week there seemed to be enough gas pressure to move air out of the airlock. The last I time I timed the bubbling. There was about 1 bubble every minute. Now there's little to no...

I am new to home brewing and wanted to try making a stout. I also changed the recipe. I used a kit for the basic stout. The kit only required adding boiling water to the malt extract and finishing with cold water before adding the yeast. In my recipe I added about a gallon of coffee and a 8oz...